# その
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

* Alternative spelling
* 其の
⟨so$_2$ no$_2$⟩ → */sənə/ → /sono/
From Old Japanese そ, distal demonstrative root, with の (no) added to form the ordinary adnominal form 'that', as in 'that word', as opposed to the pronoun それ (sore).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) その [sònó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [so̞no̞]

#### Adnominal

その • (sono)
* (deictically) that ... near you (near the addressee)
    私(わたし)が読(よ)みたいのは、その本(ほん)です。
       Watashi ga yomitai no wa, sono hon desu.
       What I want to read is that book.
* (anaphorically) the ... we are talking about.
* ...of it; its; their
    そのお姉(ねえ)さん
       sono onēsan
       her elder sister
* used in a title and before a number to indicate that number of part, chapter, volume, episode, or installment; compare suffixes 編 (-hen), 話 (-wa), 巻 (-kan), 集 (-shū), 章 (-shō), 上 (jō), 中 (chū) and 下 (ge)
    日(に)本(ほん)映(えい)画(が)論(ろん)その三(さん)
       Nihon Eigaron Sono San
       Japanese Films: Part 3

##### Usage notes

* Sono is anaphorically used to refer to things and experiences that either the speaker or the listener knows about, but not both. Compare the two following sentences:
    その本(ほん)はやすいですか。
       Sono hon wa yasui desu ka.
       Is that book (which we are talking about) cheap? (anaphorically) Is that book (I'm pointing to/near you/of yours) cheap? (deictically)
    あの本(ほん)はやすいですか。
       Ano hon wa yasui desu ka.
       Is the book (which we both know) cheap? (anaphorically) Is that book (over there, which you and I can see) cheap? (deictically)
* The hiragana spelling その is preferred to the kanji spelling 其の, which is rarely used.

##### Derived terms

* その足(あし)で (sono ashide)
* その時(とき)はその時(とき) (sono toki wa sono toki)
* その日(ひ)その日(ひ) (sono hi sono hi)
* その日暮(ひぐ)らし (sono higurashi)

##### See also

| | ko- “this” (close to speaker) | so- “that” (close to listener) | a- “that over there” (far from both) | do- “which” (indeterminate, question) |
| Object | これ (kore) | それ (sore) | あれ (are) | どれ (dore) |
| Object | これら (korera) | それら (sorera) | あれら (arera) | — |
| Determiner | この (kono) | その (sono) | あの (ano) | どの (dono) |
| Determiner | これらの (korera no) | それらの (sorera no) | あれらの (arera no) | — |
| Kind | こんな (konna) | そんな (sonna) | あんな (anna) | どんな (donna) |
| Kind | こういう (kō iu) | そういう (sō iu) | ああいう (ā iu) | どういう (dō iu) |
| Place | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あそこ (asoko)* | どこ (doko) |
| Place | こっから (kokkara) | そっから (sokkara) | — | どっから (dokkara) |
| Direction / Human | こちら (kochira) | そちら (sochira) | あちら (achira) | どちら (dochira) |
| Direction / Human | こなた (konata) | そなた (sonata) | あなた (anata) | どなた (donata) |
| Direction | こっち (kotchi) | そっち (sotchi) | あっち (atchi) | どっち (dotchi) |
| Human | こいつ (koitsu)$^†$ | そいつ (soitsu)$^†$ | あいつ (aitsu)$^†$ | どいつ (doitsu)$^†$ |
| Manner | こう (kō) | そう (sō) | ああ (ā)** | どう (dō) |
| Degree | これくらい (kore kurai) | それくらい (sore kurai) | あれくらい (are kurai) | どれくらい (dore kurai) |
| Degree | これだけ (kore dake) | それだけ (sore dake) | あれだけ (are dake) | どれだけ (dore dake) |
| Degree | これほど (kore hodo) | それほど (sore hodo) | あれほど (are hodo) | どれほど (dore hodo) |
| * irregular ** regular (long vowel) † potentially rude or derogatory |||||

#### Interjection

その • (sono)
* (used as filler during conversation) uh, umm, er
    Synonyms: あのう, ええっと

### Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of その – see the following entry. :
| 【園】2 | [noun] an orchard, plantation [noun] a garden, park (especially one with trees) [noun] a place, location [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 苑 |
(This term, その (sono), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as その, see Category:Japanese kanji read as その.) :

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN